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HS Code 34

Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster

CHAPTER 34

soap, organic surface-active agents,

washing preparations, lubricating preparations,

artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing

or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles,

modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and

dental preparations with a basis of plaster

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Notes

1. This chapter does not cover:
- (a) Edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils of a kind used as mold release preparations (heading 1517);
- (b) Separate chemically defined compounds; or
- (c) Shampoos, dentifrices, shaving creams and foams or bath preparations, containing soap or other organic surface-active agents (heading 3305, 3306 or 3307).
2. For the purposes of heading 3401, the expression "soap" applies only to soap soluble in water. Soap and the other products of heading 3401 may contain added substances (for example, disinfectants, abrasive powders, fillers or medicaments). Products containing abrasive powders remain classified in heading 3401 only if in the form of bars, cakes or molded pieces or shapes. In other forms they are to be classified in heading 3405 as "scouring powders and similar preparations".
3. For the purposes of heading 3402, "organic surface-active agents" are products which when mixed with water at a concentration of 0.5 percent at 20°C and left to stand for one hour at the same temperature:
- (a) Give a transparent or translucent liquid or stable emulsion without separation of insoluble matter; and
- (b) Reduce the surface tension of water to 4.5 x 10 -2 N/m (45 dyne/cm) or less.
4. In heading 3403 the expression "petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals" applies to the products defined in note 2 to chapter 27.
5. In heading 3404, subject to the exclusions provided below, the expression "artificial waxes and prepared waxes" applies only to:
- (a) Chemically produced organic products of a waxy character, whether or not water-soluble;
- (b) Products obtained by mixing different waxes;
- (c) Products of a waxy character with a basis of one or more waxes and containing fats, resins, mineral substances or other materials.
The heading does not apply to:
- (a) Goods of heading 1516, 3402 or 3823 even if having a waxy character;
- (b) Unmixed animal waxes or unmixed vegetable waxes, whether or not refined or colored, of heading 1521;
- (c) Mineral waxes or similar products of heading 2712, whether or not intermixed or merely colored; or
- (d) Waxes mixed with, dispersed in or dissolved in a liquid medium (headings 3405, 3809, etc.).

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Heading / Subheading	Article Description	Unit of Quantity	General	Special
3401	Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, molded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent
	Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, molded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent
3401.11	For toilet use (including medicated products)
3401.11.10.00	Castile soap	kg	Free
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3401.11.50.00	Other	kg	Free
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3401.19.00.00	Other	kg	Free
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3401.20.00.00	Soap in other forms	kg	Free
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3401.30	Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap
3401.30.10.00	Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic surface-active agent	kg	4%	Free (,S,)
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3401.30.50.00	Other	kg	Free
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3402	Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 3401
	Anionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale
3402.31	Linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acids and their salts
3402.31.10.00	Aromatic or modified aromatic	kg	6.5%	Free (, S, )
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3402.31.90.00	Other	kg	3.7%	Free (, S, )
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3402.39	Other
3402.39.10.00	Aromatic or modified aromatic	kg	4%	Free (, S, )
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3402.39.90	Other		3.7%	Free (, S, )
3402.39.90.10	Salts of sulfated alcohols	kg
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3402.39.90.20	Salts of sulfated polyethers	kg
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3402.39.90.50	Other	kg
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	Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale
3402.41	Cationic
3402.41.10.00	Aromatic or modified aromatic	kg	4%	Free (, S, )
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3402.41.90.00	Other	kg	4%	Free (, S, )
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3402.42	Non-ionic
3402.42.10.00	Aromatic or modified aromatic	kg	4%	Free (, S, )
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	Other
3402.42.20	Fatty substances of animal, vegetable or microbial origin		4%	Free (, S, )
3402.42.20.10	Polyethers	kg
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3402.42.20.20	Esters and ether-esters of polyhydric alcohols	kg
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3402.42.20.50	Other	kg
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3402.42.90.00	Other	kg	3.7%	Free (, S, )
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3402.49	Other
3402.49.10.00	Aromatic or modified aromatic	kg	4%	Free (, S, )
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3402.49.90.00	Other	kg	3.7%	Free (, S, )
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3402.50	Preparations put up for retail sale
3402.50.11.00	Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic surface-active agent	kg	4%	Free (, S, )
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3402.50.51.00	Other	kg	Free
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3402.90	Other
3402.90.10.00	Synthetic detergents	kg	3.8%	Free (,S,)
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	Other
3402.90.30.00	Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic surface-active agent	kg	4%	Free (,S,)
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3402.90.50	Other		3.7%	Free (,S,)
3402.90.50.10	Washing preparations	kg
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3402.90.50.30	Cleaning preparations	kg
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3402.90.50.50	Other	kg
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3403	Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, antirust or anticorrosion preparations and mold release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70 percent or more by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
	Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
3403.11	Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials
	Preparations for the treatment of textile materials
3403.11.20.00	Containing 50 percent or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals	liters	0.2%	Free (, S,)
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3403.11.40.00	Other	kg	6.1%	Free (,S,)
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3403.11.50.00	Other	kg	1.4%	Free (,S,)
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3403.19	Other
3403.19.10.00	Containing 50 percent or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals	liters	0.2%	Free (, J S,)
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3403.19.50.00	Other	kg	5.8%	Free (,S,) 2.9%()
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	Other
3403.91	Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials
3403.91.10.00	Preparations for the treatment of textile materials	kg	6%	Free (,S,) 3%()
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3403.91.50.00	Other	kg	6.5%	Free (,S,) 3.25% ()
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3403.99.00.00	Other	kg	6.5%	Free (,S,) 3.25% ()
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3404	Artificial waxes and prepared waxes
3404.20.00.00	Of poly(oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol)	kg	Free
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3404.90	Other
3404.90.10.00	Containing bleached beeswax	kg	Free
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3404.90.51	Other		Free
3404.90.51.10	Of chemically modified lignite	kg
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3404.90.51.50	Other	kg
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3405	Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 3404
3405.10.00.00	Polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leather	kg	Free
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3405.20.00.00	Polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodwork	kg	Free
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3405.30.00.00	Polishes and similar preparations for coachwork, other than metal polishes	kg	Free
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3405.40.00.00	Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations	kg	Free
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3405.90.00.00	Other	kg	Free
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3406.00.00.00	Candles, tapers and the like	kg	Free
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3407	Modeling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement; preparations known as "dental wax" or as "dental impression compounds", put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms; other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulfate)
3407.00.20.00	Modeling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement	kg	Free
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3407.00.40.00	Other	kg	Free
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